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The Face Of The Crunch (10 October 10:00) |
| Trader Simone Wallmeyer has become the symbol of pain that brokers face under increasingly chaotic trading. |
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Darling's Bank Plan Comes To Washington (09 October 05:40) |
| The U.K. finance minister's state-backed investment plan for banks is likely to be the talk of the G7. |
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AIG Not Sorry For Spending Your $$ (09 October 09:07) |
| The bailed out insurance giant tries to explain why a $440,00 excursion to a fancy hotel wasn't an affront to taxpayers. |
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Iceland: A European Exception (07 October 10:00) |
| Moody's head of country risk explains why the island is in dire straits. |
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Mittal: The Movie (05 October 09:30) |
| The billionaire's epic takeover struggle for Arcelor is coming soon to a theater near you. |
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Kim Jong Il Reappears, Perhaps (05 October 04:14) |
| For almost two months the North Korean leader has been out of sight and thought to be recuperating from a stroke. Now state media reports a sighting. |
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'Golden Parachutes' Get Deflated (04 October 09:30) |
| Across all sectors, CEOs in France are waving goodbye to their lucrative severance packages. |
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Hybrid Car Is Still A Dream (03 October 02:20) |
| The average consumer can't afford an electric car and that shows no sign of immediately changing. |
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Hubris, Thy Name Is Peer Steinbrueck (02 October 09:00) |
| The German finance minister insists that Europe is safe--but he's been wrong many times before. |
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Theron Sued For Wearing Jewelry (02 October 03:43) |
| The wrong jewelry, that is. |
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Bailouts Bring Belgium Together--Temporarily (01 October 10:41) |
| The speed and unity the government displayed in rescuing Fortis and Dexia is a welcome change from bitter political strife. |
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Simmons Finds A New Bedmate (30 September 11:40) |
| The mattress maker promotes Steve Fendrich to chairman and CEO. |
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U.S. Trying To Seal Leaks To China's Space Program (30 September 09:00) |
| Government arrests a Chinese-American physicist for allegedly helping China's aerospace efforts, negotiating between the competing demands of national security and academic freedom. |
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Quick Sale Seen For Newcastle United (30 September 02:26) |
| British Billionaire Mike Ashley shops his Premier League soccer team in the face of growing fan discontent; fans have resigned themselves to likelihood of foreign ownership. |
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Super Bowl Gets The Boss (30 September 05:59) |
| Jersey boy Bruce Springsteen will perform at the NFL championship's halftime show in February. |
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Chinese Activist May Nab Nobel Peace Prize (29 September 08:00) |
| Prominent dissident and freedom advocate Hu Jia is rumored to be a prospective candidate for the honor, a pick that would be bound to anger Beijing. |
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Sarkozy's Budget Blues (27 September 09:30) |
| The state of the French economy in 2009 looks miserable, and the president can do little about it. |
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Halonen Finds Strength In Women's Leadership (26 September 09:30) |
| Finland's president addresses the Forbes Women's Executive Forum, in the wake of a tragic shooting in her country, and champions global cooperation and female empowerment. |
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Steinbrueck: U.S. Losing Its Financial Superpowers (26 September 02:00) |
| With no end in sight to the series of implosions on Wall Street, America is bound to cede its position of economic supremacy, Germany's finance minister says. |
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Lloyd's Of London Set To Soldier On (25 September 06:30) |
| CEO Richard Ward says the company will continue to find new ways to plow through the economic crisis. |
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Get Shorty (25 September 02:00) |
| Hedge fund manager John Paulson, having already profited by anticipating the subprime mortgage crisis, placed multimillion-dollar bets against British banks and scored big time. |
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Gordon Brown's Political Hurdles (24 September 01:40) |
| The British prime minister says he's the man who can turn the country around. But he may be too late. |
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Tops Heads Roll In China's Tainted Diary Products Scandal (22 September 11:10) |
| Beijing sends a message to officials that it won't tolerate lax product quality and health and safety standards. |
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The Sheikh Of Iceland (22 September 10:11) |
| Qatari royalty scoops up a 5% stake in Icelanic bank Kaupthing. |
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Japan Picks Tax Cutter For PM To Mend Economy (22 September 04:24) |
| Taro Aso, with a brief to revive demand in a sluggish economy, may have his hands full just keeping his embattled party in power. |
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Kroenke Joins Arsenal Board (20 September 03:38) |
| U.S. sports and property developer lines up his 12.4% stake in the world's third most valuable soccer club with management, further isolating biggest shareholder Alisher Usmanov. |
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Fowl Play (20 September 01:00) |
| A Ukrainian billionaire tries to drive interest and money into his poultry business. |
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Shari Arison's Pipe Dream (19 September 09:55) |
| Israeli billionaire starts company dedicated to stopping leaks in urban water distribution systems. |
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Hedging the Global Market (19 September 03:30) |
| Keep traveling the world with your investments but have an exit visa. Here's how. |
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Trouble Ahead For Israel's Next PM (19 September 12:20) |
| If Tzipi Livni takes the premiership, she will have a lot of financial fears to tackle. |
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WaMu's New Chief Knows The Subprime Business (18 September 03:30) |
| Alan Fishman has headed smaller financial firms with mortgage issues, so he is well placed to take on the problems of the troubled savings and loan. |
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Somchai Election Does Little To Close Thai Political Rift (18 September 03:26) |
| Thailand's governing coalition chooses a new prime minister, but the opposition says he is just another Thaksin proxy. |
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Bull Run For Damien Hirst (17 September 10:00) |
| Artist's auction that included a bull in formaldehyde smashes records and bucks the downturn. |
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Chinese Rising Leader Is Economist, Not Engineer (16 September 07:38) |
| As they wait to take the reins of power in 2012, Vice Premier Wang Qishan and his peers are different from current leaders because they studied economics, not engineering. |
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Susan Lyne Puts Gilt On Her Resume (16 September 03:00) |
| Former Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia head will run on-line sample-sale site. |
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Barclays Wins By Losing Lehman (15 September 10:30) |
| Bob Diamond, head of the Barclays Capital investment bank arm, ditched a plan to bail out the bank. |
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Going Once, Going Twice ... (15 September 06:30) |
| British artist Damien Hirst is auctioning off 223 pieces, which could earn him more than $100 million. |
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Top Female Exec Departing From J&J (15 September 05:45) |
| Christine Poon, the medical products company's vice chairman and head of its global pharmaceuticals group, will retire in March, as the firm seeks a smooth transition. |
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Branson Sings An Old Song (14 September 09:30) |
| Virgin chief resurrects 'No Way BA/AA' slogan, but the times have changed. |
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Chocolate King Jacobs Dies (13 September 09:30) |
| Philanthropist succumbs to cancer at 71. |
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Paulson Brothers On Either Side Of Lehman Divide (12 September 08:36) |
| U.S. Treasury secretary mulls how to backstop troubled investment bank where his brother works. |
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Samak Steps Down As Thai Political Crisis Remains Tense (12 September 07:33) |
| The prime minister stripped of office by the courts this week loses the support of his coalition government for renomination. |
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Owen-Lloyd Places Foot Firmly In Mouth (11 September 10:50) |
| An E.On executive joked that a harsh winter would mean ''more money'' for his company. Consumers were not amused. |
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Thailand's Samak, Take 2 (11 September 08:30) |
| Prime minister ousted on Tuesday could be back on Friday. |
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Add Pinch of Power, Dash of Discontent And Reheat (11 September 04:00) |
| Erstwhile Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej is renominated after being ousted for his TV chef stints, creating a recipe for political gridlock and economic instability. |
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BATS About Europe (11 September 09:52) |
| Upstart exchange prepares to plunge into Europe as LSE suffers confidence knock. |
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Kim Jong Il: Alive And Perhaps Well (11 September 06:48) |
| South Korean officials say dictator is recovering from stroke; North Korea says it's nonsense. |
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Salman Rushdie Gets Snubbed (10 September 11:50) |
| The author was excluded from the acclaimed Man Booker list, which could hurt his book sales. |
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The God Complex (10 September 09:30) |
| Scientists are set to fire off the first beam in an experiment to answer fundamental questions about the nature of the universe. |
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After No-Show, Questions Mount About Kim Jong Il (10 September 06:40) |
| Dear Leader's absence from North Korea's 60th birthday bash strengthens speculation that he is ill and about which son might continue dynastic dictatorship. |
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